1894:
Enters Stanford University, where she meets her future husband, Herbert Hoover, also a Stanford student in the Geology Department

1899:
Marries Herbert Hoover

1900 -
1918:
Travels extensively with her husband in his career as an engineer, living in China, Siberia, and London, among other places. Accompanies Herbert Hoover on some trips associated with relief activities during and after World War I, and is active herself in charitable work

1919:
Supervises construction of home on Stanford campus

1921 -
1929:
Lives in Washington, D.C., where her husband is Secretary of Commerce. Is active in the Girl Scout movement

1929 -
1933:
First Lady of the United States

1944:
Dies

From the guide to the Lou Henry Hoover collection, 1820-1984, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)